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Delinquent daughters : protecting and policing adolescent female sexuality in the United States, 1885-1920 / Mary E. Odem.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Odem, Mary E., author.
- Series:
- Gender and American Culture
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Working class--Sexual behavior--United States--History.
- Working class.
- Teenage girls--Sexual behavior--United States--History.
- Teenage girls.
- Middle class--United States--Attitudes--History.
- Middle class.
- Social problems--United States--History.
- Social problems.
- Social control--United States--History.
- Social control.
- Sexual ethics--United States--History.
- Sexual ethics.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (477 p.)
- Edition:
- 2nd ed.
- Place of Publication:
- Chapel Hill ; London : The University of North Carolina Press, [1995]
- Language Note:
- English
- Summary:
- Delinquent Daughters: Protecting and Policing Adolescent Female Sexuality in the United States, 1885-1920
- Contents:
- Cover Page; Delinquent Daughters; Copyright Page; Dedication; CONTENTS; ILLUSTRATIONS; TABLES; ACKNOWLEDGMENTS; INTRODUCTION; CHAPTER 1 'WHITE SLAVES' AND 'VICIOUS MEN'; CHAPTER 2 TEENAGE GIRLS, SEXUALITY, AND WORKING-CLASS PARENTS; CHAPTER 3 STATUTORY RAPE PROSECUTIONS IN CALIFORNIA; CHAPTER 4 THE 'DELINQUENT GIRL' AND PROGRESSIVEM REFORM; CHAPTER 5 MATERNAL JUSTICE IN THE JUVENILE COURT; CHAPTER 6 'THIS TERRIBLE FREEDOM'; CONCLUSION; APPENDIX: A NOTE ON COURT RECORDS; NOTES; BIBLIOGRAPHY; INDEX; Series
- Notes:
- Description based upon print version of record.
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- Description based on print version record.
- ISBN:
- 9798890869760
- 9780585025773
- 0585025770
- 9780807863671
- 080786367X
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